The best thing that The Whale has to offer is undoubtedly the phenomenal performance from Brendan Fraser. He is for sure going to get nominated. In fact, I'd be very happy if he won. It's well directed by Aronofsky. However, I have a few issues that hold this film back from being great. The score. It's not bad at all it's just overused. The story is extremely similar to one of Aronofsky's previous films The Wrestler. And the last being that the ending did not really work for me on an emotional level. The Whale is a well acted, written and directed drama. But the unsatisfying ending and familiar story are huge drawbacks. I'd highly recommend it just for Fraser's performance alone.
Review of The Whale
